Gift Economy Websites
From GiftEconomy
Users note that non-English language sites are labelled as such.
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[edit] Goods
To give things away, consider the simplicity of the giveaway project. For more organised systems:
| Focus | Language(s) | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Books | English | http://www.bookcrossing.com |
| Redistribution of spare items, food, plants | English | http://freesharing.org |
| US Gift Economy | English | http://giftflow.org |
| US Gift Economy | English | http://exchango.com |
| Eliminating waste worldwide | English | http://freecycle.org |
| Sharing goods with neighbours | English | http://Neighborgoods.net |
| Helping Share consumer goods with friends (US) | English | http://actsofsharing.com |
| Consumer Goods (Canada/US) | English | http://www.onlinerecyclers.com |
| Consumer Goods (Australia) | English | http://www.freally.com |
| Consumer Goods (US) | English | https://www.givmo.com |
| Linking free supply with free demand | English | http://www.free-economy.org |
| Cutting consumption through reuse | English | http://www.ReuseItNetwork.org |
| Cutting consumption through reuse | French | http://www.recupe.net |
| Giving not discarding items | French | http://donnons.org |
| Items | German | http://alles-und-umsonst.de |
| Items | Slovenian | http://www.podarimo.si |
For help with dumpster diving/skipping, try http://trashwiki.org.
[edit] Other Technologies
| Focus | Language(s) | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords for publishing your free stuff on your blog or website | English | http://www.tagsets.org/ustagset/free |
| Free Economy Facebook Application | English | http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=295996908556&ref=ts |
[edit] Services
| Focus | Websites |
|---|---|
| Skillsharing (international) | http://justfortheloveofit.org |
| Not quite a gift economy, but going since 1999! | http://favors.org |
| Hugs!!! | http://www.freehugscampaign.org |
| Peer-to-peer Education (multi-language) | http://wiki.tsolife.org |
| All services (french) | http://nonmarchand.org |
| Linking free supply with free demand (works for services as well) | http://www.free-economy.org |
| Helpnet | http://habitat.us.to/ |
[edit] Transport
Main Page: Free Transport
If you're ready to keep your back to the wind, see HitchWiki, recommended to both beginners and expert hitchhikers. For something more organised, there are many websites which put drivers and travellers in touch for free.
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Puts drivers and passengers in touch | http://www.HitchHikers.org |
[edit] Hospitality
Main Page: Free Hospitality
Many websites put hosts and travellers in touch for free. Although not the largest, BeWelcome.org is a legal non-profit in the spirit of the gift economy:
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Hospitality | http://www.BeWelcome.org |
[edit] Information
These days, pretty much the whole internet is a gift economy. Commercial pay-per-view websites got crowded out by free alternatives :)
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Open source Music | http://opsound.org |
| Leaked confidential documents | http://wikileaks.org |
| General reference | http://wikipedia.org |
| A good supplement to Wikipedia | http://wikispooks.org |
